# Petition to Stop Petitions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111 "2012-11-15T18:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![solosam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@solosam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solosam)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111/1 "2012-11-15T18:26:12Z")
> **[The White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov)** > > President Biden and Vice President Harris promised to move quickly to deliver results for working families. That’s what they’ve done. Petition to shut down the White House petition website due to insincere petitions and equally insincere responses. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111/2 "2012-11-15T18:34:12Z")
They got us the WH beer recipe. So that’s one concrete success. Flipping through the responses, I don’t think they’re insincere. Most of them aren’t particularly informative though, since the issues are usually ones that the Administration already has a stated-position on. Reforming Wall Street response basically re-iterates Dodd-Frank, for example. Plus there was a petition to allow every American to punch Grover Norquest once squarely in the balls without legal repercussion. I’d like to see how that shakes out before they shut the program down. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111/3 "2012-11-15T18:35:23Z")
I like the one they did on the Man Show to end Women’s Suffrage. ---
**Author:** ![solosam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@solosam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solosam)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111/4 "2012-11-15T18:35:46Z")
Just to be clear, I didn’t start the petition. I did sign it, though. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111/5 "2012-11-16T18:45:41Z")
I thought about signing it but since I’m not an American, I thought I’d better not. It’d be like I wasn’t taking the whole petition thing seriously enough. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111/6 "2012-11-16T18:47:58Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Plus there was a petition to allow every American to punch Grover Norquest once squarely in the balls without legal repercussion. I’d like to see how that shakes out before they shut the program down. I’m signing that and posting it to my facebook. I imagine the White House response will be a polite “that’s against our laws”, but it never hurts to try. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111/7 "2012-11-16T18:52:03Z")
Fuck it. I was going to sign, but they want me to create an account. Too much work. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111/8 "2012-11-16T18:53:33Z")
Well, the Norquist petition seems to be gone. But, it appears that Texas request to withdraw has over 110k signatures! Whaaahoooo… go Texas… no, really… GO far away. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111/9 "2012-11-16T19:48:07Z")
I, for one, am onboard to overhaul our judicial system and replace it with [a corps of motorcycle-riding judges who _are_ the law.](https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/establish-new-legal-system-motorcycle-riding-judges-who-serve-police-judge-jury-and-executioner-all/QS9sBWBc) ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111/10 "2012-11-16T19:53:06Z")
Instead of tort reform, we could have cage matches. That would put a new twist in choosing an attorney. Screw brilliant, I want bronze to beat the crap out of that wimpy CEO. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petition-to-stop-petitions/641111/11 "2012-11-16T20:51:17Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > They got us the WH beer recipe. So that’s one concrete success. > > Flipping through the responses, I don’t think they’re insincere. Most of them aren’t particularly informative though, since the issues are usually ones that the Administration already has a stated-position on. Reforming Wall Street response basically re-iterates Dodd-Frank, for example. Well, the secession ones have people from other states signing…